Current projects

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ELLIOT: European Large Open Multi‑Modal Foundation Models for Robust Generalisation on Arbitrary Data Streams

UV-PIs: G. Camps-Valls

Duration: (2025-2029)

Funding Source: Horizon Europe – HORIZON‑CL4‑2024‑HUMAN‑03

Role: Partner; líder del Application Domain Earth (UC3) y de la Task 1.3 (Domain‑specific data collection)

Project Type: Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action (Flagship)

Partners: CERTH‑ITI, Tübingen AI Center / University of Tübingen (DE), ...

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Sensing plant-soil water relations at ecosystem level with multi-frequency microwaves

UV-PIs: M. Piles

PIs: D. Entekhabi

Duration: (2025-2027)

Funding Source: MIT-Spain INDITEX Circularity Seed Fund

Partners: MIT

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TACO — Transparent Access to Cloud‑Optimized Spatio‑Temporal Datasets

UV-PIs: L. Gómez-Chova

Duration: (2025-2026)

Funding Source: Climate Change AI Innovation Grants 2024 — Special Track on Dataset Gaps

Role: Applicant / Lead institution

Project Type: Research & Dataset‑Creation Grant (12 meses)

Partners: University of Valencia, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Leipzig University

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USMILE: Understanding and Modeling the Earth System with Machine Learning

UV-PIs: G. Camps-Valls

PIs: V. Eyring, M. Reichstein, P. Gentine

Duration: (2020-2026)

Funding Source: ERC Synergy Grant

Project Type: Research Project

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waterMINT: water monitoring in soils and plants with microwave remote sensing.

UV-PIs: Maria Piles, Julia Amorós

Duration: (2025-2028)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE), PID2024-160289OB-I00

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AI4PEX: Artificial Intelligence for enhanced representation of processes and extremes in Earth System Models

UV-PIs: Gustau Camps-Valls, Maria Piles

Duration: (2024-2027)

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ELIAS: European Lighthouse of AI for Sustainability

UV-PIs: Gustau Camps-Valls

Duration: (2023-2026)

Project Type: Research Project

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MediTwin: Mediterranean Digital Twin Network for Understanding Climate Extremes

UV-PIs: Gustau Camps-Valls

Duration: (2024-2027)

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ThinkingEarth - Copernicus Foundation Models for a Thinking Earth

UV-PIs: Gustau Camps-Valls

Duration: (2024-2027)

Project Type: Research Project

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XAIDA: Extreme Events - Artificial Intelligence for Detection and Attribution

UV-PIs: Gustau Camps-Valls

Duration: (2021-2025)

Funding Source: EU H2020

Project Type: Research Project

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AI for complex systems: Brain, Earth, Climate, Society

UV-PIs: G. Camps-Valls, M. Piles

Duration: (2022-2026)

Funding Source: Generalitat Valenciana - PROMETEO programme

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CIMR L2PAD: CIMR Level-2 Product and Algorithm Development

UV-PIs: M. Piles

PIs: Thomas Lavergne (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)

Duration: (2024-2028)

Funding Source: ESA ITT

Partners: Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Finnish Meteorological Institute, The Danish Meteorological Institute, Deimos, University of Bremen, OceanDataLab, S&T Norway, Institut de Ciències del Mar

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Global Crop Yield Forecasting for the FAO-GIEWS system

UV-PIs: M. Piles

Duration: (2024-2025)

Funding Source: Food and Agricultural Organization

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ELLIS - European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems

UV-PIs: Gustau Camps-Valls

PIs: Markus Reichstein

Duration: (2019-)

Role: Universitat de València co-coordinates the research program "Machine Learning for the Earth and Climate Sciences"

Project Type: Research Program

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DeepExtremes: Multi-Hazards, Compounds and Cascade events

UV-PIs: G. Camps-Valls

Duration: (2022--)

Funding Source: AI for Science 2021

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OpenSR — Robust, accountable super-resolution for Sentinel-2 and beyond

UV-PIs: L. Gómez-Chova

PIs: F. Kalaitzis (U. Oxford)

Duration: (2022-2025)

Funding Source: ESA - Towards Explainable AI: Application to Trustworthy Super-Resolution

Partners: U. Oxford

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i-AIDA: International AI Doctoral Academy

UV-PIs: G. Camps-Valls

Duration: (2022--)

Funding Source: ICT-48

Past projects

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Crop Yield Forecasting for the JRC-ASAP system - Phase II

UV-PIs: Maria Piles

Duration: (2024)

Funding Source: Joint Research Center - European Commission

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DeepCube: Explainable AI pipelines for big Copernicus data

UV-PIs: Gustau Camps-Valls, M. Piles

Duration: (2021-2024)

Funding Source: EU H2020

Project Type: Research Project

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ELISE: European Learning And Intelligent Systems Excellence

UV-PIs: Gustau Camps-Valls

Duration: (2020-2023)

Funding Source: ICT-48

Project Type: Research Project

Image of Modeling framework for National Level Crop Yield Forecasting at the JRC-ASAP early warning system
Modeling framework for National Level Crop Yield Forecasting at the JRC-ASAP early warning system

UV-PIs: Maria Piles

Duration: (2024)

Funding Source: Joint Research Center - European Commission

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DEEPCLOUD: Deep learning tools for operational cloud detection in Earth observation satellite images.

UV-PIs: L. Gomez-Chova

Duration: (2020-2024)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE), PID2019-109026RB-I00

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MALOC: MAchine Learning for assessing Ocean Climate

UV-PIs: V. Nieves

Duration: (2020-2024)

Funding Source: Generalitat Valenciana - Plan GenT (CIDEGENT/2019/055)

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CIMR-DEVALGO: CIMR Level-2 Algorithm Development

UV-PIs: M. Piles

PIs: Thomas Lavergne (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)

Duration: (2023-2024)

Funding Source: ESA ITT

Partners: Norwegian Meteorological Institute

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MALOPH: A novel MAchine Learning based perspective to identify and model Ocean Precursors to extreme Hurricane development

UV-PIs: V. Nieves

Duration: (2021-2024)

Funding Source: European Space Agency - Open Discovery Ideas Channel

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HERMES: Hybrid Estimation and Remote Sensing Monitoring of Evaporation and Soil Moisture

UV-PIs: Gustau Camps-Valls, Alvaro Moreno

PIs: Diego Miralles (Uni Ghent), Miguel Mahecha (Uni Leipzig)

Duration: (2023-2024)

Funding Source: BELSPO Stereo IV Research program

Partners: Uni Ghent, Uni Leipzig

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iMIRACLI: innovative MachIne leaRning to constrain Aerosol-cloud CLimate Impacts

PIs: G. Camps-Valls

Duration: (2020-2023)

Funding Source: ETN Marie Curie Training Network

Project Type: Training Network

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Causal Inference to Understand the Impact of Humanitarian Interventions on Food Security in Africa

UV-PIs: Gustau Camps-Valls, Gherardo Varando

PIs: Jose Maria Tarraga

Duration: (2022-2024)

Funding Source: Microsoft Research - Microsoft Climate Research Initiative

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Analysis of Water Relations in the Soil-Plant Continuum Using Microwave-Lidar Synergy

UV-PIs: M. Piles

PIs: D. Chaparro, M. Vall-llossera, D. Entekhabi

Duration: (2020-2021)

Funding Source: MIT-Spain-"la Caixa" Foundation Seed Fund

Partners: MIT, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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Application of New Visual-Statistical Models for the Restoration of Images Affected by Noise and Blur

Duration: (2004-2006)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Defence

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Applications in Biomedicine and Human Vision Models

Duration: (2004-2005)

Funding Source: Scientific Excellence Groups of the Valencian Community

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CIMR Mission Application Study

UV-PIs: M. Piles

PIs: Christopher Merchant

Duration: (2018-2019)

Funding Source: ESA

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CIMR Mission Requirements and Performance Consolidation

UV-PIs: M. Piles

PIs: Thomas Lavergne (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)

Duration: (2018-2019)

Funding Source: ESA

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Classification of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Images Based on Semi-Supervised Kernel Methods

Duration: (2006-2008)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Education and Science

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Cloud Detection in the Cloud

UV-PIs: L. Gomez-Chova

Duration: (2016-2017)

Funding Source: Google Earth Engine Research Award

Image of CLOUDSAT: Machine Learning in Earth Observation: Cloud Screening of Satellite Images
CLOUDSAT: Machine Learning in Earth Observation: Cloud Screening of Satellite Images

UV-PIs: L. Gómez-Chova

Duration: (2016-2019)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness

Image of Consolidation of Scientific Baseline for MTG-IRS L2 Processing: Role of Non-Linear Regression Methods
Consolidation of Scientific Baseline for MTG-IRS L2 Processing: Role of Non-Linear Regression Methods

Duration: (2009-2010)

Funding Source: EUMETSAT

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Control objetivo de la calidad óptica de lentes de contacto desechables durante su periodo de utilización

UV-PIs: J. Malo

Duration: (1995)

Funding Source: Johnson & Johnson Europe

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Deep Networks in the Brain: From Measurements to Algorithms

UV-PIs: J. Malo

Duration: (2018-2021)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE)

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Design, Development, and Validation of a Device for the Early Detection of Visual Anomalies

Duration: (2001-2003)

Funding Source: CICYT Ministry of Science and Technology

Image of Development of a Local Digital Video Communication System for Residential Communities
Development of a Local Digital Video Communication System for Residential Communities

Duration: (2000-2001)

Funding Source: CICYT-FEDER Ministry of Science and Technology

Image of Development of CHRIS/PROBA Modules for the BEAM Toolbox
Development of CHRIS/PROBA Modules for the BEAM Toolbox

Duration: (2007-2008)

Funding Source: ESA

Image of Efficient Color Video Compression Using Sequence Analysis Based on Perceptually Significant Image Representations
Efficient Color Video Compression Using Sequence Analysis Based on Perceptually Significant Image Representations

Duration: (1999-2001)

Funding Source: CICYT-FEDER Ministry of Science and Technology

Image of EODIX: Advanced Methodologies in Earth Observation: Optical Data Calibration and Information Extraction
EODIX: Advanced Methodologies in Earth Observation: Optical Data Calibration and Information Extraction

Duration: (2009-2011)

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ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Phase 1: Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Cloud

Duration: (2010-2013)

Funding Source: ESA

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ESA Climate Change Initiative Phase II Soil Moisture (CCI SM 2 Project)

PIs: M. Piles (Visiting Scientist), Wouter Dorigo (TU Wien, PI)

Duration: (2017)

Funding Source: ESA

Image of Estimación de parámetros biofísicos para la misión FLEX a partir de Sentinel-3
Estimación de parámetros biofísicos para la misión FLEX a partir de Sentinel-3

Duration: (2011-2013)

Funding Source: ESA

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FLUXCOM: An initiative to upscale biosphere-atmosphere fluxes from FLUXNET sites to continental and global scales

PIs: PI Martin Jung

Duration: (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry)

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GEOLEARN: Advances in Machine Learning for Large Scale Remote Sensing Data Processing

UV-PIs: Jordi Munoz-Mari

Duration: (2015-2018)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness

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HYPERCLASS: Métodos avanzados para la clasificación de imágenes hiperespectrales

Duration: (2005-2007)

Image of Improvement of the current nonlinear regression retrieval (NLR) implemented within the MTGIRS prototype processor
Improvement of the current nonlinear regression retrieval (NLR) implemented within the MTGIRS prototype processor

Duration: (2014)

Funding Source: EUMETSAT

Image of Integration of nonlinear perceptual and statistical representations in image restoration and coding
Integration of nonlinear perceptual and statistical representations in image restoration and coding

Duration: (2007-2009)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology

Image of Interpolación normalizada de imágenes provenientes de múltiples sensores. Interpolación normalizada de imágenes LANDSAT mediante downscaling
Interpolación normalizada de imágenes provenientes de múltiples sensores. Interpolación normalizada de imágenes LANDSAT mediante downscaling

Duration: (2009)

Funding Source: Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN)

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Knowledge extraction from the Davalor Automated Vision Evaluator (EVA)

UV-PIs: Jesus Malo

Duration: (2015-2017)

Funding Source: Davalor Salud Ltd.

Image of LEAVES: LEArning drivers of Vegetation health from Earth observation Synergies
LEAVES: LEArning drivers of Vegetation health from Earth observation Synergies

UV-PIs: M. Piles and J. Amorós

Duration: (2019-2021)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE)

Image of LIFE-VISION: Learning Image Features to Encode Visual Information
LIFE-VISION: Learning Image Features to Encode Visual Information

Duration: (2012-2015)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness

Image of Mapping and the citizen sensor
Mapping and the citizen sensor

Duration: (2013-2016)

Funding Source: ICT COST Action

Image of MERIS/AATSR synergy algorithms for cloud screening, aerosol retrieval, and atmospheric correction
MERIS/AATSR synergy algorithms for cloud screening, aerosol retrieval, and atmospheric correction

Duration: (2008-2009)

Funding Source: European Space Agency (ESA) ESRIN

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MIPRCV: Multimodal Interaction in Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision

Duration: (2007-2012)

Funding Source: CONSOLIDER-INGENIO

Image of Modelos no gaussianos para la representación de imágenes y secuencias
Modelos no gaussianos para la representación de imágenes y secuencias

Duration: (2003)

Funding Source: Universitat de València

Image of Modelos visuales-estadísticos de representación de imágenes y sus aplicaciones
Modelos visuales-estadísticos de representación de imágenes y sus aplicaciones

Duration: (2003-2006)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology

Image of Motion Estimation and Interpretation of Image Sequences
Motion Estimation and Interpretation of Image Sequences

Duration: (1996-1998)

Funding Source: CICYT

Image of Natural Image Statistics: Non-parametric Models, Bayesian Models, and Computational Neuroscience for Image Processing
Natural Image Statistics: Non-parametric Models, Bayesian Models, and Computational Neuroscience for Image Processing

Duration: (2010-2012)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Economy

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New Compressive Sensing Algorithms from Natural and Artificial Brain Networks

UV-PIs: J. Malo (co-IP)

PIs: L. Martinez-Otero (co-IP in Instit. Neurosci. CSIC)

Duration: (2014-2018)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness

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Optimización de los algoritmos de compresión de imágenes biomédicas mediante la utilización de parámetros perceptuales

Duration: (1997-1998)

Funding Source: IVEI Generalitat Valenciana

Image of Procesado de imágenes de sensores de satélite de media resolución y su integración espectro-temporal con sensores de satélite de baja resolución
Procesado de imágenes de sensores de satélite de media resolución y su integración espectro-temporal con sensores de satélite de baja resolución

Duration: (2010-2011)

Funding Source: Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN)

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PV-CDRR: Clouds Detection Algorithms for Proba-V

PIs: L. Gómez-Chova

Duration: (2016-2017)

Funding Source: ESA IDEAS+ research grant

Image of Quantifying Visual Beauty: Neuroaesthetics and Machine Learning
Quantifying Visual Beauty: Neuroaesthetics and Machine Learning

UV-PIs: J. Malo

Duration: (2015-2017)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness

Image of Red de Excelencia KERMES: Advances in kernel methods for structured data
Red de Excelencia KERMES: Advances in kernel methods for structured data

UV-PIs: G. Camps-Valls (Coordinator)

Duration: (2017-2019)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness

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Red de Excelencia sobre Neurociencia Visual y Ciencias de la Computación

UV-PIs: J. Malo (Coordinator in Univ. Valencia)

PIs: X. Otazu (Global Coordinator)

Duration: (2016-2018)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness

Image of RELEARN: RE-using Field Reference Data in Space and Time for Vegetation Mapping
RELEARN: RE-using Field Reference Data in Space and Time for Vegetation Mapping

Duration: (2011-2013)

Funding Source: BELSPO

Image of SCALE: Causal Inference in the Human-Biosphere Coupled System
SCALE: Causal Inference in the Human-Biosphere Coupled System

PIs: G. Camps-Valls

Duration: (2020-2022)

Funding Source: Fundación BBVA

Image of SEDAL: Statistical Learning for Earth Observation Data Analysis
SEDAL: Statistical Learning for Earth Observation Data Analysis

UV-PIs: G. Camps-Valls

Duration: (2015-2020)

Image of SenSyF: Sentinels Synergy Framework
SenSyF: Sentinels Synergy Framework

Duration: (2013-2015)

Funding Source: EU 7th Framework Programme

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Spanish Network for the Advancement and Transfer of Applied Computational Intelligence (ATICA)

UV-PIs: J. Malo

PIs: X. Otazu (Global Coordinator)

Duration: (2016-2018)

Funding Source: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness

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Study on Pattern Recognition Based Cloud Detection Over Landmarks

Duration: (2015)

Funding Source: EUMETSAT

Image of Support Vector Machines and Computational Human Vision Models for Image Coding and Denoising
Support Vector Machines and Computational Human Vision Models for Image Coding and Denoising

Duration: (2006-2008)

Funding Source: Generalitat Valenciana

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VLC-BioMedic/BioClinic Agreements for the Use of fMRI Scanner Facilities

UV-PIs: J. Malo

PIs: A. Alberich (La Fe), C. Montoliu (Clinic)

Duration: (2015-2017)

Funding Source: Generalitat Valenciana